Here is a very attractive, elegant and impressive Sheffield epergne from the Victorian era. Stylistically, it ranges from about 1830 to 1860. It is silver plated on copper. You can detect just a bit of bleeding at the high points. It has a square base decorated with shells, scrolls and on each face is a applied wreath enclosing a crest of a rearing lion. The flared column is heavily chased with acanthus leaves and flowers, with slots to accommodate the four arms each supporting a cut-glass bowl. The column rises to a flared cup that supports a large and heavy cut-glass bowl en suite with the four smaller ones.
The bowls are original and in perfect condition to my eyes. I cannot see any defects. The base of the epergne has a couple of small dings, but nothing noticeable.
There is a large stamped crown mark under the base. I am not sure whose mark that is but it does closely resembles the crown, in between a G and R, used by J. Dixon & Sons, of Sheffield, England, in 1835.
Dimensions: Total height 22.5", width across small bowls 21".